The Phillies have sat $14MM man and LF Pat Burrell the past two games and started rookie speedster Michael Bourn in his place. Putting aside the fact that Pat Burrell is not hitting, an outfield of Bourn, Rowand and Victorino is not one that typically elicits fear as hitters. But what in the thinking of today's game says that a team must adhere to the dogmatic thinking of having two power hitters on the outfield corners? Couldn't a team be successful with two good defenders at the corners with excellent on-base skills and high success stealing bases?
While the Angels of Anaheim have a more traditional set-up with Gary Mathews, Jr and Vladimir Guerrero, Reggie Willits does not fit the prototypical power mold. Nor is 3B Chone Figgins a thirdbaseman in that casing.
If it can work for the Angels, why couldn't it do the same for the Phillies?
| POS | NAME | HR | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | CR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1B | Casey Kotchman | 8 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0.321 | 0.398 | 0.535 | 92% |
| 2B | Howie Kendrick | 3 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0.298 | 0.328 | 0.429 | 79% |
| 3B | Chone Figgins | 1 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 0.306 | 0.362 | 0.388 | 87% |
| C | Mike Napoli | 7 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0.247 | 0.340 | 0.441 | 72% |
| CF | Gary Matthews Jr. | 10 | 25 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 0.285 | 0.342 | 0.452 | 80% |
| LF | Reggie Willits | 0 | 36 | 33 | 18 | 2 | 0.337 | 0.431 | 0.400 | 84% |
| RF | Vladimir Guerrero | 14 | 45 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0.331 | 0.426 | 0.570 | 89% |
| SS | Orlando Cabrera | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0.332 | 0.371 | 0.445 | 92% |
| Team | 85% | |||||||||
| POS | NAME | HR | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | CR |
| 1B | Ryan Howard | 17 | 44 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.256 | 0.382 | 0.556 | 63% |
| 2B | Chase Utley | 13 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0.325 | 0.405 | 0.566 | 82% |
| 3B | Greg Dobbs | 7 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0.281 | 0.320 | 0.525 | 81% |
| C | Carlos Ruiz | 3 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0.277 | 0.333 | 0.412 | 85% |
| CF | Aaron Rowand | 10 | 27 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0.313 | 0.392 | 0.482 | 84% |
| LF | Michael Bourn | 0 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0.306 | 0.404 | 0.388 | 86% |
| RF | Shane Victorino | 8 | 26 | 41 | 22 | 2 | 0.276 | 0.345 | 0.414 | 86% |
| SS | Jimmy Rollins | 13 | 20 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 0.284 | 0.331 | 0.511 | 87% |
| Team | 82% | |||||||||
| Team x-PB | 81% | |||||||||